THE READING OF THE NOVEL
T H E R E A D I N G OF THE N O V E L To say , a novel is narrative prose. Like other literary branches, a novel has two basic characteristics. They are - a story and a storyteller. Generally a novel makes a realistic treatment of life and manners. The characters are like ourselves. Thus, in a novel we see ourselves. It is admitted by many that the novel came into existence by Daniel Defoe's great works 'Robinson Crusoe in 1719 and Moll Flander. These two works produced attractive stories of a man by string realistic episodes.There is another genius who is Samuel Richardson. His 'Pamela' is a brilliant creation of an epistolary novel . It is based on emotional plotting. Perhaps it was written in 1740. They are the accounts of the experiences of the common man. T H E D I F F E R E N C E B E T W E E N E P I C A N ...